Saturday the 12th we had a tournament out on Lake Kissimmee. Things looked as if they were going to start out pretty good as we had a good breeze going , we started out launching out of Overstreet and headed south on Kissimmee towards Polluted Water Cove area. Working that area over for almost 2 hours without even getting a bite, I made the move to Hatchineha, which was the right choice. Spent the next 2 hours flipping Gitem Shads in watermelon red picking up 3 fairly quick bass, with the small one being 4.06 pounds.
Got the forth hook up of the day, as she picked up the bait, she made a move for the grass bed and I went to set the hook, just then she made a fast run towards the boat in mid hook set and got away, as she cruised by the boat I could see she was an easy 6 to 7 pounds, I knew this one would hurt. I had spotted 2 others cruising the same grass bed, back just barely out of the water so I started flipping to them, when I saw the last thing I needed to see, four airboats, for some reason decided they wanted to buzz right thru the same grass bed I had been flipping, of course chasing away hopes of getting my limit from there.
I managed 3 more shorts for the day, and weighed in just over 13 pounds for the 3 I had which was good enough for second place, the one that got away, did end up hurting, as she would have put me over the top and given me first place. That's just the nature of the beast. Water are very low so be VERY careful navigating out there.
Till my next report, tight lines and great fishing
